STORY--- IT'S CALLED VIBRIO VULNIFICUS. BUT MOST OF US KNOW IT AS A FLESH EATING BACTERIA. SO FAR, THREE CASES OF THE POTENTIALLY DEADLY DISEASE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE STATE. INCLUDING A MISSISSIPPI MAN WHO LOST AN ARM FROM THE INFECTION. NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES IS WARNING PEOPLE TO BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS WHEN IN OR AROUND SEAWATER. WDSU REPORTER ANDY CUNNINGHAM JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON THE WARNING AND A NEW STUDY SHOWING ITS NOW BEING FOUND IN TARBALLS... LIKE THIS ONE... FOUND ON BEACHES ALONG THE GULF COAST. ANDY? THIS IS PEAK SEASON IF YOU WILL FOR MOST BACTERIUM FOUND IN WATER. IN THE CASE OF VIBRIO VULNIFICUS---THE WARMER SEA TEMPERATURES MAKE THE CONDITIONS PRIME FOR DEVELOPMENT. ALREADY THIS SUMMER, A MAN FISHING SOUTH OF CAT ISLAND CONTRACTED THE BACTERIA.. AND HAD TO HAVE HIS RIGHT ARM AMPUTATED. ...Rene Olier... ONE OF THREE CASES REPORTED IN THE STATE THIS YEAR...VIBRIO VULNIFICUS IS A FLESH EATING BACTERIA THAT ENTERS THE BLOODSTREAM-- ALLOWING IT-- TO SPREAD QUICKLY. Dr. Raoult Ratard: usually the people that have a problem with VV have some problem with their immune system... LOUISIANA'S STATE EPIDEMIOLOGIST, DR. RAOULT RATARD SAID, HEALTHY OR NOT, INFECTIONS, AS A WHOLE, ARE RARE..BUT A SEVERE CASE--- CAN BE DEADLY. Dr. Raoult Ratard: they were very healthy and they get a very severe infection and it goes very fast and that's what sometimes you call the flesh eating bacteria... FOUND ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY IN SALTWATER, ABOUT A DOZEN CASES WERE REPORTED IN THE MONTHS AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. Dr. Raoult Ratard: the problem with Katrina is that you had a lot of people that were immune problems, chemo therapy, they were stuck in the city and the seawater came.. A RECENT STUDY PUBLISHED BY AN AUBURN UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER REVEALED TARBALLS FOUND ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE GULF COAST ARE TESTING POSITIVE FOR THE BACTERIA, BUT DR. RATARD SAID, THAT'S NOT SURPRISING. Dr. Raoult Ratard: this vibrio vulnificus have been in seawater forever... ACCORDING TO THE C-D-C, CASES INVOLVING THE CONSUMPTION OF RAW SEAFOOD, ARE EVEN MORE RARE. YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO HAVE COMPLICATIONS FROM FAR MORE COMMON FLESH EATING BACTERIUM, LIKE, STREP AND MRSA. AGAIN, COMING IN CONTACT WITH A FLESH EATING BACERTIA IN ANY BODY OF WATER, IS EXTREMELY RARE AND DOCTORS SAY PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE 80 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP COMPLICATIONS COMPARED TO A HEALTHY PERSON. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, 23 CASES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN LOUISIANA, JUST TWO WERE DEADLY. SCOTT. DOCTORS RECOMMEND FISHERMAN IN SALTWATER CARRY BASIC DISINFECTANT WITH THEM, THAT ALSO APPLIES TO ANYONE WITH OPEN CUTS. AND SHOULD YOU EXPERIENCE SWELLING OR PAIN AROUND THE WOUND, IMMEDIATELY SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION.

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